SMOOTH SAILING--House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, R-Reynoldsburg, confers with Finance Committee Chairman Tom Johnson, R-New Concord, prior to Johnson's introducing of the $1.7 billion capital spending bill, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1998. The construction bill passed by a 88-9 margine and is expected to be approved by the Senate on Wednesday. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

THE AGONY OF DEFEAT--Rep. Ron Young, R-Leroy, reacts to the defeat of his proposed amendment that would have channeled money from ballparks in Cincinnati and Cleveland to school construction as part of the $1.7 billion capital spending bill, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)